History Anime / AngelCop

Along with other "masterpieces" such as ''Manga/{{Mad Bull 34}}'' and ''Anime/{{Urotsukidoji}}'', is it directly responsible for the widespread belief in the early 90s that [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles all anime]] was just "{{Gorn}} and Porn."

Along with other "masterpieces" such as ''Manga/{{Mad Bull 34}}'' and ''Anime/{{Urotsukidouji}}'', is it directly responsible for the widespread belief in the early 90s that [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles all anime]] was just "{{Gorn}} and Porn."

* [[NinetiesAntiHero NinetiesAntiHeroine]]: Angel, '''to the extreme'''.

* ForTheEvulz: Angel's motive for killing her targets degrades into this when she is known raging at people who dare to kill them before she does.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The English-language release's end credits is the original end credits in Japanese, squashed by half of the scene being taken up by English-language credits. Also, the DVD release inexplicably includes the teaser trailers from the VHS release.

* {{Dubtitle}}: Since the original Japanese dub was deemed antisemitic and impossible to market in the west, the English sub and dub toned down the Jewish plot.

* PrettyInMink: Lucifer first appears with a huge fur cape.

* DirtyCommunist: The Red May terrorist group

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** Freya - [[{{Firestarter}} Charlie McGee]]

Along with other "masterpieces" such as ''{{Mad Bull 34}}'' and ''Anime/{{Urotsukidouji}}'', is it directly responsible for the widespread belief in the early 90s that [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles all anime]] was just "{{Gorn}} and Porn."

To elaborate: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, Japan's economy is so strong that it's linked to the global economy. This angers a communist terrorist group called "The Red May," who decides that the best way to make the world a more equitable place is to blow up as much Japanese infrastructure as possible. To combat these terrorists, a bunch of elite law enforcement officials licensed to kill are assembled. They include the title "Angel," a buff dude called Raiden, a couple of other token stereotypes, and DaChief. Things take a turn for the bizarre when Raiden goes missing after one encounter with the terrorists, and then the terrorists themselves are being attacked and murdered by three powerful psychics called "Hunters." Raiden shows back up as a cyborg courtesy of a local friendly MadScientist, it turns out most of the government is evil, two of the Hunters join Angel and her team when they realize they're the unwitting pawns of a government conspiracy to somehow profit off of Americans dumping nuclear waste in Japanese territory.

* DecoyProtagonist: The title Angel doesn't get to do all that much until the finale, and that's because almost everyone else is dead or disabled.

* MindRape: TropeNamer; in the last episode of the dub, Lucifer says the line "I will fuck your mind"

* Expy: Angel looks more or less like [[Manga/GhostInTheShell the Major]]

** Lucifer - [[RedSonja Brigitte Nielsen]]
** Asura - [[{{Queen}} Brian May]]

** Asura - [[{Queen} Brian May]]
** Freya - [[{Firestarter} Charlie McGee]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Lucifer, as it turns out, is really working for the real bad guys and is just killing everyone else to eliminate an evidence trail. She's been brainwashed into thinking that she's actually doing good. Taki suggests that eventually she'll break free of her conditioning and turn against the evil old guys in charge, but he's more willing to bet that Angel, Asura and Raiden can finish her.

* DullSurprise: Hacker has this problem. A lot.

* GreedyJew: In the Japanese version. Not so much the English version.

* TortureAlwaysWorks: Actually, it doesn't. The Red May leader is tortured hideously, but only breaks when he finds out that three ultra-powerful psychic killers are on his tail.

* MindRape: In the dub, Lucifer actually says the line "I will fuck your mind"

** Lucifer inverts this once, by making every part of a man except his head explode.

* HeroicSociopath: Angel, or at least she tries to be.

Along with other "masterpieces" such as ''{{Mad Bull 34}}'' and ''[[LegendOfTheOverfiend Urotsukidoji]]'', is it directly responsible for the widespread belief in the early 90s that [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles all anime]] was just "{{Gorn}} and Porn."

* DecoyProtagonist: The titular Angel doesn't get to do all that much until the finale, and that's because almost everyone else is dead or disabled.

To elaborate: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, Japan's economy is so strong that it's linked to the global economy. This angers a communist terrorist group called "The Red May," who decides that the best way to make the world a more equitable place is to blow up as much Japanese infrastructure as possible. To combat these terrorists, a bunch of elite law enforcement officials licensed to kill are assembled. They include the titular "Angel," a buff dude called Raiden, a couple of other token stereotypes, and DaChief. Things take a turn for the bizarre when Raiden goes missing after one encounter with the terrorists, and then the terrorists themselves are being attacked and murdered by three powerful psychics called "Hunters." Raiden shows back up as a cyborg courtesy of a local friendly MadScientist, it turns out most of the government is evil, two of the Hunters join Angel and her team when they realize they're the unwitting pawns of a government conspiracy to somehow profit off of Americans dumping nuclear waste in Japanese territory.